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A. B. FITCH.

HOLDER FUR CUNDUCTORS CHECKS- 0R TICKETS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20. 1919,-

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` Be it known that LAsA B. Errori, aciti Zenl of the United States, residing atChif cago, in the county `of Cook and Stateo llllinois, have invented certain new and use-4 ful llrnprovements in Holders for Conducinr is a specification.`

My present invention relatesttonnprovetors` Checks or Tickets,` of whichthe irollowj` ments in a holder for ticketsor checks, such as are used hy railway conductors, tofindicate that they have taken up, examined, or punched the regular railroad or passenger tickets l of passengers, and to' show to' the conductonat al glance, the destinatio,nl of passengers, and has for its objects somewhat similar objects to,` those seti` forth in Letters Patent of the United vStates No. 1,060`,Ql{2,` granted `to nie on the *29th day of April l9l3,-for a holder cfa similar class, to-wit7 to provide holders for the alcove mentioned purpose, which shall be' siniplefand inexpensive 1n constrnction, strong,durable, attractive 1n appearance and eliicient in opera tion,which` shall beso inade as to h e espef cially adapted toloeniounted on andlsupported bythe hollow rods of the i shadesof car windows and in front of the shades within View and easy reach of both thecondnctor and passenger, `yet so as not to inten tere with the raising or lowering of the shades,` or `be concealed thereby when the shades are raised, for, asis welllknownsaid rods are located horizontally 'on` the lower portions of such shades a slight distance from the lower ends thereof," and carry spring-actuated rodshavling on* their outer ends means to engage vertical groqves in the window frame for the purpose of guiding theshades in their upward and downward movements and for" holding them at desired points.

Another objectis to `provide holdershav-` ing clamping portions between which the conductor may readily place one or more tickets or checks` where they will be held without danger of being jari'ed out the vibration of thvecars, or hlownoutby drafts or otherwise accidentallydislocated, Nu

inerous other objectsand advantages ofthe invention will be disclosed in "suhlolned and operation of the various parts thereof` as will bei hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In 'the accompanying drawing, which serves-to illustrate the invention- 'Figure l is a fraginental face view of a portionof shade for car Windows showing Inyirnproved holder for checks or tickets mounted* thereon and supported by the hol! low rod of thewindow shade;

Fig.` 2 is a greatly enlarged cross sectional view taken on line `2-=2oil Fig. l looking in the' direction indicated hy the arrows;

islan inner face View of oneoi-l the clanpinginemhers or portions of the holder, an

llig. l is adetaohed perspective view ci a clip used to secure the front part of the holder to the front surface of the shade and to support theholder on the hollow rod of the shade.

Like numerals of reference relier to like parts throughout the diffe-rent views,` of the drawing. l

Therferencenuineral 5 designates a part of the lower portion of a shade for car windmvs,` which shades arernounted on a self` acting winding roller located horizontally inthe upper portion of the window fratrie in the well-known way.` Such shades areprovided atr a slight distance fromtheir lower ends with horizontally disposed hollOW" reds 6J in which* are heated .Series actnated rods having ontlieir outer ends rneans`l to* engage the sides of the `window framesfor `prrr-pose of guiding the shades in' their upward and downward"movements, aswellas for lioldingthern at desired points. tits lower edge'each of the shades is provided with a loop 8, in which is located an: other and snialler rod 9, usedfor reinforcing the lower portions of the shades. The main or bodyportion 10 of the holder consists of a single" piece oil metal substantially rectangular in shape, hut somewhat elongated, asshown inthe different viewsof the drawing, and lient hack upon itself at its lower portion, thus forming a loop 1,1, which pos` sesses soine resiliency, and from which is up curved as at 14E, from a suitable point below the upper end of said portion in order to embrace and lie on a portion of the rod 6 of the shade and against the front surface of the latter.v As shown this bent portion of the body part 10 describes an arc of about l one-quarter of a circle, and the body por- V tion is extended from the lower part of said curved portion downwardly in a vertlealV Y 12-and 13 for the insertion of the tickets 17 or, checks. The-upper portion of themember 10 is providedwith an opening 18 and the lower portions of the members 12 `and 13 are provided with registering openings 19, which openings, are for the reception of rivets 20 employed for securing the said members, as well as a supporting clip 21 to theshade 5 and around the hollow rod 6 of the shade. The clip21 has near each of its ends an opening 22 for the reception ofV the rivets 20 and said clip is provided between said openings with an outwardly curved portion 23, which is substantially semi-circular in shape as shown.l

The inner surface of the outer clamping member 12 is provided with a series of projections 24larranged in curved rows, one above the other, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. These projections are by preference formed by indentations produced on the outer surface of said member, and said projections are also by preference located in one "row in staggered relation to those in theother row. The inner surface ofthe `clamping member or part 13 of the body portion 10 .is provided with projections 25 arranged in transverse rows as shown in Fig. 3, which rows are located aboutthe same distance apart as the curved rows in the front clamping member 12, and the lower transverse row is located atv about the lower ends of the curved rows, while the upper row is .located at about the top of the lower `curved row.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing, it will be readily understood and clearly seen that as the clamping portions 12 and13 are secured together by a rivet 20, located some distance below the upper end of the clamping member 12, the upper portion of said member will be free to be sprung outwardly slightly byl the insertionof tickets 17 between the rounded portion 141 of the body part 10 and the upper portionv of the member 12, and that by reason of the inherent resiliency of the member' 12, as well as that imparted thereto by the spring loop 11 the tickets orchecks will be securely held in position, yet in such a manner that one of them can be withdrawn without the removal of the other or others. It is obvious that the projections 24 and 25 on they clamping portions of the holder will provide positive gripping or holding means for the tickets or checks.

It is further manifest that the rivet 20 which holds the lower portions of the -clamping members 12 and 13 and the lower part of the clip 21 together may be of suiicient length between its heads 26 to allow slight movement of the member 12 toward and from the member 13 incident to the action of the loop 11 or spring. It will also be understood that by making the curved portion 14 of the body part 10 of about the size of one-quarter of a circle, and by making the rearwardly curved part of the clip 21 of about semi-circular form with a lateral extension 27, the member 18 of the body portion will be located and held in an offset plane parallel to the body portion of the shade, thus allowing the lower portion 2S of the shade to hang down in front of the window sill, while the lower portion of the shade surrounding the roller will rest on said sill, thus excluding light from the window when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A holder for tickets or checks consisting of a main or body portion having its lower portion extended back upon itself thus forming a front and a rear clamping member and provided above the free end of said front member with a forwardly curved portion and a vertical apertured extension above said curved part, and a clip having a rearwardly curved portion between its ends and secured to the rear surface of the body portion above and below the said curved parts thereof.

v.2. A holder for tickets or checks consisting of a main or body portion having its lower portion extended back upon itself thus forming a front and a rear clamping member` and provided above the free end of said front member with a forwardly curved portion and a vertical apertured extension above said curved part, said front and rear members having on their inner surfaces a series of projections, and a clip having a rearwardly curved portion between its ends and secured to the rear surface of the body portion above and below the said curved parts thereof, said curved portion of the clip being extended at its lower part to a vertical line alongside the depending porforming a front and a rear clamping mem- Iber and provided above the free end of Said Wardly Curved portion between its ends and front member with a forwardly Curved porsecured to the rear surface of the body pol tion, said front and rear members having tion above and below the said curved parts 10 on their inner surfaces a series of projeethereof, said curved portion of the olip betions, the projections on the front member ing greater than the said curved portion of being arranged in circular rows and in stagthe body part.

gered relation7 and a clip having a rear- ASBA B. FITCH. 

